England and Australia will have one eye on the upcoming Ashes series as they get set to take on each other in the first Group A clash. The hosts will be eager to recover from the ODI series loss to NZ while the team from Down Under, bidding for a 3rd straight Champions Trophy crown, will be keen to get off to a winning start.

Sunil Narine will look to justify his status as the world's top-ranked one-day international bowler when the West Indies face Pakistan in their Champions Trophy opener at The Oval on Friday.
The off-spinner failed to make much of an impression in the West Indies' first warm-up match, against Australia, but took two for 26 in 10 overs against Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

A magnificent maiden ODI ton by Shikhar Dhawan coupled with a brilliant all-round performance by Ravindra Jadeja helped India beat South Africa by 26 runs in the first match of the 2013 Champions Trophy in Cardiff.